The culture of corruption takes another blow, and once again it is a Democrat, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. He of course denies all wrong doing, but the timing here was no better or worse then most of the other recent ethics scandals...

Of course, this could simply make Reid the Shoeless Joe Jackson of the Senate, taking bribes and then failing to pay off. But, again, taking some tickets from his own state�s athletic commission certainly strikes me as small potatoes. And I�m not exactly a big fan of Harry Reid, at least in his Minority Leader incarnation.

You need to correct this post--it is terribly misleading. If you look at reporting on this issue, you would know that the "tickets" in question are VIP credentials WITH NO FACE VALUE. As the Las Vegas Review is reporting, it is illegal for the commission to accept money for those credentials.

Also reported is the fact that when Reid accepted actual tickets to fights he always paid for them.

This is a non-issue.

"Only, there is an exception for gifts from governmental agencies"

So you and I have restrictions placed on what we can do and the Nevada gaming commision and other governmental agencies do not. That is what I was talking about.

Should make us happy with Reid�s actions. In fact it provides just another example of the government placing itself above rules it applies to everyone else.

What in the world are you talking about?

This is clearly NOT an example of "the government placing itself above rules it applies to everyone else." There are ABSOLUTELY NO federal restrictions on the number & value of gifts that the Nevada Athletic COmmission can give to "everyone else." The rules, in this case, ONLY apply to Senators--they have to meet, in actuality, a higher standard.

From the AP:Senate Democratic Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) accepted free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three professional boxing matches while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing. Reid ...

Free Boxing Tickets for ring side!! Why not? You want a bill passed? It seems Senator Democratic LEADER Harry M. Reid did not mind being persuaded and/or influenced, no arm-twisting for Reid for free gifts. Between 2003 and 2005, Reid accepted FR ........

Remind me, please, who was saying that the FBI raid on Congressman Jeffersonâ??s office was no big deal?

(a) Trent Lott
(b) Dennis Hastert
(c) Harry Reid

See also: Blind pig, Acorn.
Still that changes nothing.
We'll be told by those defending Dirty Harry, that what he did, as a technical matter, was not illegal. Somehow these same people will forget that neither was what Delay was charged with. But no matter for that, eh?

Ah, the pathos of being Bithead.

Remind me, please, who was saying that the FBI raid on Congressman Jefferson's office was no big deal?

(a) Trent Lott
(b) Dennis Hastert
(c) Harry Reid

I suspect that someone will be reading the senate ethic rules very closely to decide if a protest should be filed.

Please don’t tell me that Harry Reid is involved in “the culture of corruption.”  As my grandmother would say, “What’s the world coming to?”
Well, according to John Solomon writings of “Reid Accepted Free Boxing Tickets While a Related ...

Put a fork in this, the favorite meme/chant of the left. They can no longer safely say "culture of corruption" without having it bite them in the ass:

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has criticized Republican ethics, accepted free ringsi...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid accepted free tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to thre...

�there is an exception for gifts from governmental agencies (like the Nevada Athletic Commission) in the Senate ethics rules.�

Should make us happy with Reid's actions. In fact it provides just another example of the government placing itself above rules it applies to everyone else.

… Democrat style:
Senate Democratic Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) accepted free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three professional boxing matches while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of b...